30 Jun 1848
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1848
Page
1
Printed and published by Andrew NM Gest announces subscription prices of one dollar seventy five cents in advance or within sixty days and two dollars after. paper not discontinued until arrears are paid with advertisements at usual rates.
In a June 17 1848 letter to Whigs of Ohio, leaders urge steadfast adherence to Whig principles, oppose slavery expansion, and argue Gen Taylor should be supported to shape tariff, currency, and territorial policy. They warn that electing Taylor will still require Congressional cooperation and stress avoiding local defeats that could endanger state and national governance.
An exchange mocks the notion of editorial favors by comparing it to paying a grocer for tea. The speaker argues that patronage through advertising should not grant undue influence, likening the relationship to buying coffee rather than tea.
A New York Express column discusses wives and husbands advertised for in the city, a matrimonial brokerage operating for a year, and efforts to end unhappy marriages through legal service ads. It includes Mor ris lecture excerpts praising women's devotion with historic and modern anecdotes.
A critic extols moral writers who speak as confidants, not formal scholars. He praises authors whose fearless, dishabille genius engages readers with intimate, unguarded clarity rather than polish and pedigree.
A female church member safely delivered her nineteenth child and her husband asked the Reverend Doctor to read a note before the congregation. They give hearty thanks to Almighty God and request continued blessings.
A boy defines meekness as giving smooth answers to rough questions, offering a simple yet thoughtful moral. The remark captures a child’s practical view of gentleness and restraint in dialogue.
An elderly printer, 76, served seven years at the King's Printing Office starting in 1785. He fought at Corunna under Sir John Moore in 1809, witnessed the burial scene, and later lost an ankle bone at Waterloo with Wellington. Despite wounds, he remains swift and beloved by village children.
A young Prussian officer once in the United States for twelve months during the Mexican war was wounded at the National Bridge. He later rejoined the Prussian army and was killed in Schleswig-Holstein, falling after receiving a ball through the head while advancing against the enemy.
The piece argues for Gen Taylor as a new man free from party machine ties, capable of renewing the Whig party with fresh leadership. It praises his popular strength, detachment from old cliques, and potential to reform doctrine and action, urging mass support and confidence in eventual victory.
Rochester paper notes the Stone Church Society area in Bergen and Leroy Genesee county about eight square miles with ~500 inhabitants mostly emigrants. For eighteen years deaths averaged two annually. oldest were 96, 93, 90, and six between 89 and 99. Oldest resident fractured an ankle bone but it healed. no tavern or grocer selling spirits in ten years.
The Alfred arrived at Sydney from the Fejee Islands with notice of a battle between Meben and Rewa chiefs. Rewa defeated but fled with followers as six hundred were slain in warfare. All dwellings of the defeated were burnt, and corpses remained exposed in the scene of combat, distant from their location.
The Old St Marys burial ground in Maryland features a cedar slab grave marker dated 1717. Despite centuries of weather exposure, the inscription remains sound, suggesting it will endure unless vandalized, as noted by St. Marys Beacon.
A railroad mishap described by a typographical error reports two cows cut into cars by a train. Investigators seek the precise sequence of events and any impact on service or livestock handling procedures.
The article surveys types of newspaper patrons from committed yearly subscribers to lapsed readers and dilettante payers. It lampoons patrons who withhold payments or send money to distant publishers while noting that honest patronage sustains papers and that certain behaviors can doom a publication.
The piece traces flowers across cultures from Persian to Greco Christian rites, noting their roles around cradle, wedding, and tomb. It argues flowers adorn brides and altars, symbolizing beauty, renewal, and perpetual worship before the Most High.
A country clergyman asks his clerk to announce no service this afternoon for another cleric to officiate. The clerk, with solemnity, reads that Mr L is going fishing with another clergyman, prompting a corrective but amusing blunder.
An old Methodist preacher recalls a remark from a magistrate about not riding a donkey as Jesus did. The preacher notes that people have taken all donkeys to use as magistrates, implying a humorous social critique of local leadership.
A vivid reflection describes a wife as a rainbow in the sky, her warmth and tenderness brightening the home even as the husband wrestles with mental storms and gloom.
The recommended method to rid spaces of flies is to place several plates or parcels of lime in various locations and to keep them fresh by renewing the lime as its strength wanes. This practice should be maintained consistently to maintain effectiveness.
A moral guidance piece urges parents to be kind and affectionate yet firm and resolute. It stresses reasonable leadership to command respect and obedience befitting their head-of-household role.
A fragment notes a Wisconsin man named Atherton who in one week in January last threshed four hundred bushels of wheat. The piece mocks authorities by mentioning four deputy sheriffs and three constables and ends with a late 19th century urging to keep out of bad company by reading the printer.
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